Volume 3, Number 2, March-April 2006

The Exception or the Rule? Exception Reporting in the new GMS Contract
Bev Cox

Under the new GMS (nGMS) contract, practices can report patients as exceptions under certain circumstances. Exception reporting prevents a practice being penalised under the Quality and Outcomes Framework of nGMS for factors outside its control or for a range of other patient-related issues. In this article, we review when patients can be reported as exceptions, how to report exceptions and some practical examples of exception reporting.

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